Rin closed the bag he would be bringing to Australia and fell down on his bed. He placed his arms behind his neck and looked up at the ceiling. Haruka was checking some documents about their travelling plans. He eyed Rin as he dropped on the bed, but didn't comment on it.

A knock was heard on the door to their room and Makoto entered.

"Are the two of you all done packing?" he asked.

"Just finished," Rin answered.

"Haru?" Makoto asked while turning to the darker of the two.

Haruka nodded at the direction of his long since packed bag. It usually didn't take him long to pack since he knew exactly what to get and what he would need and what he wouldn't need, while Rin could take anything from a couple of moments to forever, depending on where he was going.

Makoto smiled. "As expected," he just said "I've got your passports and everything. I have heard it is not easy to get into Australia. They're very strict about that,"

Both Rin and Haruka nodded at this. They had been told by their coach at practice today. Thankfully they weren't going alone and surely one of those they were with could step in if things got complicated. Rin was especially worried that Haruka's lack of speaking and understanding English might cause him trouble. But he would never say it.

Makoto handed Rin and Haruka their passports and smiled. "Remember to go to bed early. You have a long trip ahead," he said.

"Sure," Rin said.

"Oh yeah, and I won't be in the airport to see you off tomorrow," Makoto added "I've been called in for an extra shift, so Kisumi will see you off instead,"

Rin and Haruka both nodded at this too. They had heard Makoto mention it before, so it wasn't really a surprise to them that he said this now.

"Then… we'll see you when we come back," Rin said hesitantly.

"We'll see each other then," Makoto said. "Take care, both of you, I'll go to bed now,"

"Goodnight," Rin said, and Makoto said goodnight as well and was about to close the door when Haruka lifted his head to look at him.

"Take care, Makoto," he said.

Makoto send Haruka a warm smile. "I will, thanks Haru, you do the same,"

Haruka nodded, and Makoto closed the door behind them.

Not long after this, Rin and Haruka started preparing to go to bed as well. Rin was first to fall asleep, only moments after they had turned off the lights. Haruka could hear him breathing in the other bed while he was lying awake, unable to catch any sleep it seemed.

The sky was clear tonight, and Haruka could see the moonlight shining through the curtains that were covering the window. He turned in his bed to watch it. His eyes were unable to close whatsoever, so it was better to actually do something rather than nothing.

So Haruka was lying there and watching the moonlight for a while, until sleep seemed to come to him as well, however, it felt like he hadn't been asleep at all.

He had gone to bed around 10, but now when he looked at the clock it was a little past midnight. Haruka had heard that when you awoke in the middle of the night, there was usually a reason for that. He wondered what it could have been, maybe a thought had struck his mind.

The idea was pushed away as soon as he heard a certain sound coming from somewhere within the apartment. It was the sound of running water. But he didn't know anyone who would go and take a bath at this late hour.

There was one thing Haruka knew for sure though. Where water was, that was where he went, so he decided to get out of bed for that reason alone, the idea of sleep long forgotten.

The hallway was dark. The bathroom door had been firmly closed, but Haruka cold still see some light coming from the keyhole. This made him able to conclude that someone was actually using the bathroom. Now he just had to determine who it was.

Haruka walked up and opened the door carefully as whoever was in the bathroom wouldn't see or hear him for now. He peaked into the bathroom, only to see the full bathtub. He could tell that someone was indeed hiding under the surface, but he couldn't tell who at the moment.

He stepped in and closed the door, letting the person know that he was there. After the first peak, there was no need to be sneaky anymore.

The person apparently heard him and raised his head from the surface to take a look. Haruka was surprised to see that it was Nagisa in the water.

"Haru-chan?" Nagisa asked surprised.

"What are you doing, Nagisa?" Haruka asked in return.

Nagisa sat up and looked up at Haruka while thinking about what to say. "I… I'm not sure," he finally said.

Haruka shook his head. There was another reason for this that Nagisa wouldn't tell. He would have to drive it out of him somehow.

"Something hasn't been right lately," he said as he knelt down in front of the bathtub.

Nagisa hesitated, but then he nodded, confirming Haruka's statement.

"What is it?" Haruka said in a determined voice. He hadn't thought he would need to push the boy to get it out of him, but that seemed to be the case.

"I… I don't know," Nagisa said. "Rei-chan is ignoring me, you and Rin are busy with your future and Mako-chan and Kisu-chan are both busy because Kisu-chan is no longer a model," he said before letting out a sigh.

Haruka started putting two and two together. "You feel left out?" he suggested.

Nagisa looked down in the water. "Maybe," he said. "I don't know what to do,"

Haruka thought. "If you're upset, then why don't you eat something you like?" he purposely gave Nagisa the same advice as the younger had given to him when he was upset and lonely.

"I wanted to see if the water helped any," Nagisa said. "Besides, we're out of strawberries,"

Haruka silently nodded at that. He was well aware. Now that he thought about it, there had been no strawberries in the fridge last time he looked, which was just this afternoon before he started cooking. He knew though, that they had something else.

"We have strawberry tea," he said.

Nagisa climbed out of the tub by these words and dried himself off. "Will you make it for me, Haru-chan?" he asked.

Haruka nodded. "If you promise to tell me everything," he said.

Nagisa nodded. "I promise on my heart!" he said while crossing his heart.

Haruka hid away the smile that was threatening to show on his face as he walked to the kitchen to make tea for both himself and Nagisa, regardless of the late hour and the events that would come the following day. He could sleep in the airplane if he wanted to. For now, Nagisa was the more important.

Nagisa came to the kitchen as soon as the tea was ready and he sat down and spoke to Haruka about everything he had been feeling until now. He told about how he had been kicked out from math class because he had had enough of the teacher and now didn't have math at all. He explained how he had gotten himself a job as Nanami's babysitter, but nobody seemed to care about where he went off to, and how he felt every time Rei had pushed him away, and how the thing about being pushed away had increased during the last year. He never cried, but Haruka could see the tears forming at the corners of his eyes. He didn't know what to do about it though. He certainly couldn't do anything now since he would be leaving to Australia within 12 hours.

"I'll see what I can do," Haruka said after Nagisa had finished talking.

"Thank you, Haru-chan," Nagisa said while tightening his grip around the, now empty, teacup. "Thank you for listening to me," he said before getting up to hug Haruka one last time. "Goodnight," he said, and then went to bed.

Haruka stayed behind to clean up the cups before following Nagisa's example and going to bed as well. The time was around two in the morning.